Wick-raiser



(No Model.)

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WICK BAISER.

No. 494,171. Patented MM. 28, 1893 @wi/amm is co, Pnouwo WASH N UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY E. SHAFFER, OF ROCHESTER, .NEW YORK.

WICK-RAISER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,171, dated March28, 1893.

Application filed August 9, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY E. SHAEFEE, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Wick-Baisers; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the drawings accompanying this specification.

My improvement relates to that class of center-draft lamps in which thewick is raised by a tubular holder, which surrounds the same, and ahandle attached to the holder, which handle extends up through the topof the lamp.

The invention consists in the means for connecting the handle with theholder as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings-Figure l is a central, vertical section of a centerdraft-lamp with my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlargedside elevation of the holder and the lower part of the handle. Fig. 3 isa cross section of Fig. 2 in line a: Fig. t is a view showing anelevation of the lower end of the handle and a section of the turningsleeve resting thereon. Fig. 5 is-a View similar to Fig. 2, but showinga modification.

A indicates a lamp and B the center draft tube.

C is the wick.

My improvement is as follows:-

D is the tubular holder for raising the wick. It is attached outside theWick by sharp pointed spurs or other means, and the wick rests betweenit and the center draft tube.

E is the handle, the same being attached to the Wick holder andextending up through a curb a at the top of the lamp, where it isprovided With a small knob or finger piece b, by which it is operated.

c is a small tubular socket on one side of the wick holder near itsbottom, and d is a vertical upright stem on the lower end of the handle,that enters the socket.

fis a loose sleeve resting on the stem and turning freely, being helddown in place by a washer or cap g, on the upper end of the stem.

h is a small horizontally projecting pin on one side of the sleeve.

To connect the parts the sleeve f is turned so that the pin 7L standsinward. The stem Serial No. 282.381. (No model.)

engaged so that they cannot be accidentally detached. In this conditionthe holder, with the Wick attached, can be readily moved up or down.

Fig. 5 shows a modification, in which the stem d is provided with aspring f similar to an umbrella spring, which, when the stem is insertedin the socket, springs over the top of the socket and holds the partsconnected.

The great advantage of this invention is that the fastening consistssimply of a socket on one part and a locking device on the other, which,when connected, holds the parts securely together, and when disconnectedconsists only of two main parts entire in themselves. The handle, whichalways remains in the lamp and is not removable, has the lockingattachment always in place, being a fixture of the handle, and it is notliable to get mislaid or lost as where it is separate, and theconnection is more easily made.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a center draft lamp, the combination of a wick holder providedwith a tubular socket, a handle provided with a vertical stem to lit thesocket, and a locking attachment connected with the stem forming apermanent attachment to same and adapted to shut over the top of thesocket to secure the parts together, as herein shown and described.

2. In a center draft lamp, the combination of a wick holder providedwith a tubular socket, a handle provided with avertical stem to tit thesocket, and a sleeve fitted to turn on the stem, and having a pin toshut over the top of the socket to secure the parts together, as hereinshown and described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HENRY E. SI-IAFFER.

Witnesses:`

R. F. OsGooD, P. H. CosTIoH.

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